Weld County District Attorney Ken Buck soared ahead of Jane Norton in a June poll[1] among 1,026 registered Republicans.

Buck led former Lt. Gov. Norton 42 to 32 percent in a poll conducted June 8 by Magellan Data and Mapping Strategies.

The Louisville-based group is consulting for the Buck campaign, but did the poll for free, said David Flaherty with Magellan.

The recent poll numbers are good news for Buck who was way behind Norton, 15 percent to 32 percent, in a March 14 poll by the same group.

“This survey shows that Ken Buck continues to connect with Colorado Republicans,” said Walt Klein, Buck’s campaign consultant. “The only important poll is on primary day but these numbers are very encouraging.”

Among polled voters, 26 percent were still undecided. The poll’s margin of error was 3 percent.

Norton’s campaign called the poll potentially biased since Flaherty is consulting for Buck.

“Polls go up and down. What we know for sure is that when voters meet Jane and hear her message, they support her,” said spokeswoman Cinamon Watson. “Bottom line, Jane is the conservative in this race. She has a winning message and the true test will be Aug. 10.”